Anet A8 Airflow 360 Inlet

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<H4>Whats This?</H4> A 360 Degree Turnable Air Inlet, So You Can Deside If You Want The Cooler Air From Above, Or The Warmer Air Coming From The Bed Below Running True Your Cooling System. <H4>Why?</H4> - Reduces Fan Noise. - Keeps Particals Out Of Your Fan. - Sucks Only The Air From Where You Want It To The Cooler (Can Rotate 360 Degrees) - Adds A New Variable For Tuning Your Setup. (Controle Freaks Love This One) - Industrial Look Just Looks Awsome On Your Anet Printer :P <H4>How Come You Made This?</H4> Since The Smallest Things Can Have Impact On Your Prints, And Everybody Tweaking All Those Aspects, I Was Kind Of Surprised To Only See (A Lot) Of Nozzles For The Cooling Part Of The Printer, And No Tweaks To Make The Air Intake More Efficient. So I Came Up With This Industrial Looking, 360 Degree Turnable Air Inlet. Out Of The Box The Cool Fan Would Suck Random Air Into The Cooling System From All Around Him, Including The Hot Air Coming Straight From The Bed, Thus Making The Air To Cool With Warm.....Ehm...That Sounds A Bit Like It Needs A Tweak :P I Figured If I Could Make A Air Inlet That I Could Turn Away From The Heatbed, I Will Suck In More 'Cooler' Air, And Do A Overall Better Job In Cooling.(Slightly) When Designing The Inlet I Thought It Would Maybe Be Usefull If You Could Adjust The Intake So You Could Suck In The Warm Air From The Heat Bed To Mayby Aid In Printing And Cooling Some Filaments Who Are More Hungry For Temp, And Need A Slower/Diffirent Cooling Process. <H4>Does This Effect My General Airflow?</H4> I Roughly Calculated The Open Space That The Fan Has To Suck In The Air, And Made Sure There Is At Least That Amount Of Space In The Inlet Also. Theoretically You Should Not Have Any Drop In Flow. I Did Not Notice Any Myself When Testing. (Absolutly No Rocket Science Here, More Uhm..Wet Finger Sience :P) <H4>Did It Improve Your Prints?</H4> Only Used It With Pla Filaments So Far (A Few Small Prints) The Only Thing That I Noticed Is Less Stringing. So It Does Work As Intended I Geuss, Then Again, Its Hard To Say Its Purely Cause Of The Intake, But I Did Took Notice Of It Without Changing Any Other Thing. More So The Used Cooling Nozzle Probably Also Has Great Impact On The Cooling In General, And On The Effect Rate Of The Inlet As Well. Stringing Has Little To No Impact On The Direct Print Quality. So As For The Question:Does It Improve My Prints? I Have To Say For Now: Not Noticible With Pla. I Did Notice A Not Intended Reduction Of The Fans Noise Though, More On The Lower Speeds, Wich Is A Great Bonus! Further Testing To Be Done. <H4>Isn'T This Going To Be Flimsy And Floppy?</H4> Nope, Its Nice And Tight :P <H4>When Printing Do I Need Support?</H4> For The Base You Dont, Just Print As Is. For The Inlet I Did Use Support, Think You Should To. Just Dont Use A Brim, You Have Enough Cleaning To Do Allready, This Will Make It Even Wors (Believe Me :P) <H4>Installation:</H4> - It'S A Tight Tight Fit! On Purpose! - After Printing Make Sure To Clean Your Prints Very Good. Specially The Inside Of The Ring On The Base And The Bottom Part Of The Inlet. (Where They Snap Together) - Now Even When Cleaned Nicely, Its Pretty Hard To Make The Parts Click Together. (Take Notice Of The Tiny Guide Rail In The Base, And Guides On The Bottom Of The Inlet) Use Hot Water/Steam (Carefull) To Make The Ring A Tiny Bit Softer So You Can Push The Parts Together More Easily. (Pushing On The Two Screw Holes Gently Opens It Up) - When Letting It Cool Down From Fitting It, Place It On A Flat Surface And Turn The Inlet Around In The Base A Few Times , This Should Not Go To Easy, And Should Go With A Rough 'Clicking Motion'. - The Mount Posts For The 2 Screws I On Purpose Made A Bit Higher, Its Easyer To Take Some Off, Then Add Some To It , Just Use The Blue Pliers From The Anet To Trim Them Down If Needed. I Used The M3X20 Screws, And Took Off 1Mm From The Posts. - Now Install It Nice And Tight Over Your Cooling Fan And You Are Done. If All Went As Planned You Can Now Turn Your Intake To The Direction You Want, (With A Bit Force), And Enjoy Your New Variable And Industrial Look :D Let Me Know Your Expirience And Findings With The Inlet! If You Like My Design, Please Think About A Small Donation For A Nice Hot Coffee, And For Further Development As Well! Thanks! Hope You Enjoy, Keep Creating! 3Drc <H4>My Other Thingi'S</H4> - Anet A8 Heat Bed Anti Stress Connector Connector Https://Www.Thingiverse.Com/Thing:2551438 <H4>My Dutch Blog:</H4> - 3Drc Blog Pagina Http://Www.3Drc.Wordpress.Com

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